New YA Titles @ the Library! (Most recently added titles appear at the top of the list.)
Fiction
Incantation by Alice Hoffman [YA HOF] During the Spanish Inquisition, sixteen-year-old Estrella, brought up a Catholic, discovers her family's true Jewish identity, and when their secret is betrayed by Estrella's best friend, the consequences are tragic.
Blood is thicker by Paul Langan [YA LAN] Hakeem has a hard time adjusting when, due to his father's sickness, Hakeem and his family must move in with his uncle in distant Detroit, especially when he has to share his room with his moody cousin Savon. (Bluford High series)
The summoning by Kelley Armstrong [YA ARM] After fifteen-year-old Chloe starts seeing ghosts and is sent to Lyle House, a mysterious group home for mentally disturbed teenagers, she soon discovers that neither Lyle House nor its inhabitants are exactly what they seem, and that she and her new friends are in danger.
Audrey, wait! by Robin Benway [YA BEN] While trying to score a date with her cute co-worker at the Scooper Dooper, sixteen-year-old Audrey gains unwanted fame and celebrity status when her ex-boyfriend, a rock musician, records a breakup song about her that soars to the top of the Billboard charts.
Band geek love by Josie Bloss [YA BLO] The marching band is high school senior Ellie Snow's all-consuming passion until she finds herself in a secret romance with a handsome sophomore.
Frozen fire by Tim Bowler [YA BOW] Fifteen-year-old Dusty gets a mysterious call from a boy who says he is going to kill himself, and while he claims to have called her randomly, he seems to know her intimately.
Shift by Jennifer Bradbury [YA BRA] When best friends Chris and Win go on a cross country bicycle trek the summer after graduating and only one returns, the FBI wants to know what happened.
Airhead by Meg Cabot [YA CAB] Sixteen-year-old Emerson Watts, an advanced placement student with a disdain for fashion, is the recipient of a "whole body transplant" and finds herself transformed into one of the world's most famous teen supermodels.
Caught between the pages [YA CAR] An indifferent student with few real friends, PJ Barnes accidentally gains possession of his English teacher's personal journal and at the same time becomes involved with some drug dealers, but when his mother is in a car accident that lands her in the hospital, his already complicated life starts to spin out of control.
Attack of the fiend [YA DEL] When witches steal Tom's inheritance and kidnap his relatives, Tom, the Spook, and Alice set out for Pendle Hill, a particularly dangerous district, in hopes of preventing the three witch clans from uniting to raise the Fiend, the Devil himself, thus bringing about an age of darkness. (The Last Apprentice #4)
Beastly by Alex Flinn [YA FLI] A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a vain Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return to his human form.
Looks by Madeleine George [YA GEO] Two high school girls, one an anorexic poet and the other an obese loner, form an unlikely friendship.
Rumors : a luxe novel by Anna Godbersen [YA GOD] As rumors continue about the untimely demise of Elizabeth Holland, an outwardly stricken Penelope Hayes determines to use any means necessary to claim her friend's pre-eminent place in 1899 Manhattan society and to get and keep the attentions of Elizabeth's former fiancé, the wealthy Henry Schoonmaker. (The Luxe #2)
Gone by Michael Grant [YA GRA] In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have "The Power" and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not.
The secret life of Sparrow Delaney by Suzanne Harper [YA HAR] In Lily Dale, New York, a community dedicated to the religion of Spiritualism, tenth-grader Sparrow Delaney, the youngest daughter in an eccentric family of psychics, agonizes over whether or not to reveal her special abilities in order to help a friend.
Pretty face by Mary Hogan [YA HOG] When an overweight high school student from Santa Monica spends the summer in Italy, she learns to relish life and understand the true meaning of beauty.
The otherworldlies by Jennifer Anne Kogler [YA KOG] Eccentric and unusual looking, twelve-year-old Fern, secure in her family's love and acceptance, has always been able to cope with the taunts and social ostracism of her schoolmates until a series of unnerving events reveal that she possesses supernatural powers that she barely understands and must learn to control if she is to escape being the pawn of two ancient enemies.
Saga by Conor Kostick [YA KOS] On Saga, a world based on a video role-playing game, fifteen-year-old Ghost lives to break rules, but the Dark Queen who controls Saga plans to enslave its people and those of New Earth, and Ghost and her airboarding friends, along with Erik and his friends from Epic, try to stop her.
House of dark shadows by Robert Liparulo [YA LIP] When fifteen-year-old Xander and his family move into an old, abandoned house in the middle of a dense forest outside of a small California town, they discover that not only are some of the rooms portals into other places, but that malevolent forces are at work.
Suck it up by Brian Meehl [YA MEE] After graduating from the International Vampire League, a scrawny, teenaged vampire named Morning is given the chance to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a superhero when he embarks on a League mission to become the first vampire to reveal his identity to humans and to demonstrate how peacefully-evolved, blood-substitute-drinking vampires can use their powers to help humanity.
Breaking dawn by Stephenie Meyer [YA MEY] Continues the story of the human Bella and the vampire Edward whose love is threatened by their difference, a werewolf named Jacob, and other outside influences. (The Twilight saga #4)
The reminder by Rune Michaels [YA MIC] A teenaged girl who hears her dead mother's voice makes a startling discovery after breaking into her father's industrial robotics lab and finding his latest secret project: a lifelike replica of her mother's head that looks, talks, moves, and even smiles just like her mother.
The midnight twins by Jacquelyn Mitchard [YA MIT] Identical twins Meredith and Mallory Brynn have always shared one another's thoughts, even as they dream, but their connection diminishes as they approach their thirteenth birthday, and one begins to see the future, the other the past, leading them to discover that a high school student they know is doing horrible things that place the twins, and others, in grave danger.
Superior Saturday by Garth Nix [YA NIX] Even as he grows stronger and closer to discovering the secret of his identity, Arthur must face further dangers and conflicts as he struggles to attain the Sixth Key from the powerful Saturday. (Keys to the Kingdom #6)
The dangerous days of Daniel X by James Patterson [YA PAT] Fifteen-year-old Daniel has followed in his parents' footsteps as the Alien Hunter, exterminating beings on The List of Alien Outlaws on Terra Firma, but when he faces his first of the top ten outlaws, the very existence Earth and another planet are at stake.
Confessions of a serial kisser by Wendelin Van Draanen [YA VAN] After reading her mother's secret collection of romance novels during her parent's difficult separation, seventeen-year-old Evangeline Logan begins a quest for the perfect kiss.
Generation dead by Dan Waters [YA WAT] When dead teenagers who have come back to life start showing up at her high school, Phoebe, a goth girl, becomes interested in the phenomenon, and when she starts dating a "living impaired" boy, they encounter prejudice, fear, and hatred.
Alfred Kropp : the thirteenth skull by Rick Yancey [YA YAN] Teen misfit Alfred Kropp, the last descendant of Sir Lancelot, is once again in danger as he tries to uncover who is behind a top secret project called SOFIA, while eluding a new enemy who seems determined to kill him. (Alfred Kropp #3)
Graphic Novels and Comics
Ouran High School Host Club, vols. 1 - 6 by Bisco Hatori [YA Graphic HAT]
Naruto, vols. 11 - 13 by Masashi Kishimoto [YA Graphic KIS]
Bleach, vols. 14 - 16 by Tite Kubo [YA Graphic KUB]
Batman : the long Halloween by Jeph Loeb [YA Graphic LOE]
Batman : dark victory by Jeph Loeb [YA Graphic LOE]
Batman : year one by Frank Miller [YA Graphic MIL]
+Anima, vols. 1 - 2 by Natsumi Mukai [YA Graphic MUK]
Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith [YA Graphic SMI]
The dragonslayer by Jeff Smith [YA Graphic SMI]
Fruits basket, vols. 7 - 9 by Natsuki Takaya [YA Graphic TAK]
Non-fiction
Atlantis by Don Nardo [YA 001.94 NAR]
The internet by Peggy Parks [YA 004.678 PAR]
Artificial intelligence by Peggy Thomas [YA 006.3 THO]
Virtual reality by Lisa Yount [YA 006.8 YOU]
Fairies by Nancy Hoffman [YA 133.14 HOF]
Poltergeists by Stuart A. Kallen [YA 133.142 KAL]
Dreams by Stuart A. Kallen [YA 154.63 KAL]
Letters to a bullied girl : messages of healing and hope by Olivia Gardner [YA 302.3 GAR]
Energy alternatives by Gabriel Cruden [YA 333.79 CRU]
Global warming by Peggy J. Parks [YA 363.73874 PAR]
Students' rights by Kate Burns [YA 379.26 BUR]
Telescopes by James Barter [YA 522.2 BAR]
Genetics by Robert Taylor [YA 576.5 TAY]
The history of rap & hip-hop by Soren Baker [YA 782.42164 BAK]
So you want to work in set design, costuming, or make-up? by Torene Svitil [YA 791.4302 SVI]
Women of the French Revolution by Thomas Streissguth [YA 944.04082 STR]
Snow falling in spring : coming of age in China during the cultural revolution by Moying Li-Marcus [YA 951.056 LI]
Audiobooks
A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier by Ishmael Beah [CD YA 966.404 BEA]
Peeled by Joan Bauer [CD YA BAU]
Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks [CD YA BRO]
Shooting the moon by Francis O'Roark Dowell [CD YA DOW]
The battle for Skandia by John Flanagan [CD YA FLA]
City of time by Eoin McNamee [CD YA McN]
Madapple by Christina Meldrum [CD YA MEL]
Breaking dawn by Stephenie Meyer [CD YA MEY]
Ghost of Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen [CD YA MIK]
Wait for me by An Na [CD YA NA]
The dangerous days of Daniel X by James Patterson [CD YA PAT]
How to build a house by Dana Reinhardt [CD YA REI]
The mystery of the third Lucretia by Susan Runholt [CD YA RUN]
The magician by Michael Scott [CD YA SCO]
Story of a girl by Sara Zarr [CD YA ZAR]
DVDs
Balls of fury [YA DVD BAL]
Blood & chocolate [YA DVD BLO]
Cloverfield [YA DVD CLO]
Daredevil [YA DVD DAR]
Disturbia [YA DVD DIS]
Dragon wars [YA DVD DRA]
Epic movie [YA DVD EPI]
Fantastic 4 : rise of the Silver Surfer [YA DVD FAN]
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [YA DVD HAR]
Jumper [YA DVD JUM]
Juno [YA DVD JUN]
Peach Girl, vol. 1 [YA DVD PEA]
Red eye [YA DVD RED]
When a stranger calls [YA DVD WHE]
Yu-Gi-Oh! the movie [YA DVD YUG]

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